" ffor ȝe ar Payen, & so ar we;
" O lawe we wolde þat al schuld [wild all on.] be,
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" & swylk a kyng wolde we haue
" Þat þe Payen lay might [lawe mot.] saue."
ffaste hym bisoughte, & þus þey hym het, [him þei souht & þus þei hette.] [Lambeth folio 62a:1]
So þat Gurmound mad [& Gurmund had.] redy his flet,
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& seide 'he wolde auenture his chaunce,
'Hys Payen lay for to auaunce.'
To schipe he wente at a tyde,
O Northumberland he gan ryde.
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Gurmound acorded wiþ þe Saxons,
' To voide þe lond of alle þe Bretons,
' & gyue hit þe Saxons in fe ageyn.'
Of þys made þey foreward certeyn,
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& þat þey schulde gyue hym truwage,
& þer-til swore, & gaf hostage.
Oueral þenne was sorewe & drede
Whenne þe Payens gonne [bigan.] [Petyt folio 84a:1] to sprede!
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ffor þey of noman hadde mercy,
But alle deide delfully;
Þe Cristen blod [þat] er was gentil, [P. leaves out this line.]
Was turned to Payen so vyl. [P. leaves out this line.]
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Þe Saxons ledde þe Aufrykans,
& destruyed þe Cristen wans; [wanes.]
Knyghtes, clerkes, to deþ were don,
& namely alle religion;
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Was non spared of Cristen [cristens.] tonge,
Neyþer womman ne childre [noure women no childir ȝong.] ȝonge.
Byschopes, abbotes, þat reliqes had,
When þey fledde, a-wey þeym lad,
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